About Dr Vandana Shiva | Dr Vandana Shiva Dr Shiva at Bija Vidyapeeth Dr. Vandana Shiva trained as a Physicist at the University of Punjab, and completed her Ph.D. on the ‘Hidden Variables and Non-locality in Quantum Theory’ from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She later shifted to inter-disciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy, which she carried out at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India Dr Shiva and Sir Edward Goldsmith at Bija Vidyapeeth In 1982, she founded an independent institute – the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in Dehra Dun – dedicated to high quality and independent research to address the most significant ecological and social issues of our times, working in close partnership with local communities and social movements. Dr. Dr Shiva in Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Internationally, Dr.
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